Larissa Makohon-Croop, left, and her daughter, Natalie Croop, 8, of Walworth, listen to speakers as local Russians and Ukrainians united to rally in support of a peaceful solution to the Crimean conflict at Washington Square park in Rochester Sunday afternoon, March 9, 2014. KRIS J. MURANTE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Valentina Makohon, of Irondequoit, tells stories of her years as a child before coming to America at there years old, as local Russians and Ukrainians united to rally in support of a peaceful solution to the Crimean conflict at Washington Square park in Rochester Sunday afternoon, March 9, 2014. KRIS J. MURANTE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Father Andrij Dwulit, of Brighton, reads to the group as local Russians and Ukrainians united to rally in support of a peaceful solution to the Crimean conflict at Washington Square park in Rochester Sunday afternoon, March 9, 2014. KRIS J. MURANTE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Local Russians and Ukrainians united to rally in support of a peaceful solution to the Crimean conflict at Washington Square park in Rochester Sunday afternoon, March 9, 2014. KRIS J. MURANTE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Porter Lesiv, of Brighton, holds a sign of peace as local Russians and Ukrainians united to rally in support of a peaceful solution to the Crimean conflict at Washington Square park in Rochester Sunday afternoon, March 9, 2014. KRIS J. MURANTE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Maria Pawluk, of Fairport, left, and Irena Skrobach-Scoglio, of Irondequoit, show support as local Russians and Ukrainians united to rally in support of a peaceful solution to the Crimean conflict at Washington Square park in Rochester Sunday afternoon, March 9, 2014. KRIS J. MURANTE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER